Ritchie McKay

College coach infobox


Name = Ritchie McKay
Sport = Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1965|4|22
Birthplace = flagicon|United States Indianapolis, Indiana
DateOfDeath =
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College = Liberty
Title = Head coach
Awards =
Championships = MWC Tournament Championship (2005)
CurrentRecord = 16-16
OverallRecord = 181-174 (.511)
Player = *
Years = 1983–1987
Team = Seattle Pacific
Position =
Coach = *
CoachYears = 1988–1989
1989–1990
1990–1991
1991–1993
1993–1995
1996–1998
1998–2000
2000–2002
2002–2007
2007–present
CoachTeams = Washington (asst.)
Queens (asst.)
Seattle Pacific (asst.)
Bradley (asst.)
Washington (asst.)
Portland State
Colorado State
Oregon State
New Mexico
Liberty
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Ritchie Lawrence McKay (April 22, 1965 – ) is the current head coach of the Liberty University men's basketball team. The Indianapolis, Indiana native was the head coach at the University of New Mexico from 2002 until his firing on February 22, 2007. McKay's father, Joe McKay, was a starter for the Lobo basketball team from 1960-63.

During his time at New Mexico, McKay experienced mixed success. In 2005 his team won the Mountain West Tournament and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. That successful season helped launch forward Danny Granger to an NBA career but McKay wasn't able to use that success as a springboard for a consistent program. In his two years after the 2005 season the Lobos' record was 32-26 and a disappointing 12-17 in the Mountain West Conference.

High school: Westwood High, Mesa, Ariz.
College: Seattle Pacific
Family: Wife, Julie; daughter, Ellie; sons, Gabriel and Luke

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Start
type=coach
conference=
postseason=
poll=noCBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Portland State
startyear=1996
conference=Big Sky Conference
endyear=1998|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1996–1997
name = Portland State
overall = 9-17
conference = 6-10
confstanding = 7th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1997–1998
name = Portland State
overall = 15-12
conference = 10-6
confstanding = T-3rd
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Portland State
overall = 24-29
confrecord = 16-16CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Colorado State
startyear=1998
conference=Western Athletic Conference
endyear=1999|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1998–1999
name = Colorado State
overall = 19-11
conference = 7-7
confstanding = T-4th (Mountain)
postseason = NIT QuarterfinalsCBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Colorado State
startyear=1999
conference=Mountain West Conference
endyear=2000|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1999–2000
name = Colorado State
overall = 18-12
conference = 8-6
confstanding = T-4th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Colorado State
overall = 37-23
confrecord = 15-13CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Oregon State
startyear=2000
conference=Pacific Ten Conference
endyear=2002|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2000–2001
name = Oregon State
overall = 10-20
conference = 4-14
confstanding = T-9th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2001–2002
name = Oregon State
overall = 12-17
conference = 4-14
confstanding = 9th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Oregon State
overall = 22-37
confrecord = 8-28CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=New Mexico
startyear=2002
conference=Mountain West Conference
endyear=2007|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2002–2003
name = New Mexico
overall = 10-18
conference = 4-10
confstanding = 7th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2003–2004
name = New Mexico
overall = 14-14
conference = 5-9
confstanding = T-5th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2004–2005
name = New Mexico
overall = 26-7
conference = 10-4
confstanding = 2nd
postseason = NCAA 1st RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2005–2006
name = New Mexico
overall = 17-13
conference = 8-8
confstanding = 5th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2006–2007
name = New Mexico
overall = 15-17
conference = 4-12
confstanding = T-8th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = New Mexico
overall = 82-69
confrecord = 31-43CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Liberty
startyear=2007
conference=Big South Conference
endyear=|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2007–2008
name = Liberty
overall = 16-16
conference = 7-7
confstanding = 4th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Liberty
overall = 16-16
confrecord = 7-7CBB Yearly Record End
overall=181-174